Archive for April, 2007

04.26.07

Gosford Park

Posted in Movie Talk, General at 11:00 pm by prerona

I think ths is my lucky month. Last week I won two tickets to attend Al Gore’s speech here at Tech. Then today I watched Gosford Park, a random Netflix selection. I had absolutely no expectation from it and was prepared for yet another droll commentary on 20th century England. Instead I was rewarded with a jewel of a movie which in my history of movie-watching became the only one to be honored with three viewings in quick successsion ( no, I was not depressed or crazy). I attribute it to that one scene towards the end between two main characters which, to me, was the most sexually charged scene I have ever scene in a movie. Really surprising considering that during the entire scene, the characters are decently clothed and simply talking, talking about a murder at that, and the only physical contact is a kiss at the end. I was literally bowled over by that scene and actually felt weak in the knees. A surreal experience. The last time a book or movie affected me thus was when I was a 12-year old reading Anna Karenina. I was infatuated with the Vronsky-Anna romance and remember reading those parts involving the two lovers over and over again. I really enjoyed this deja vu moment that made me feel more than a decade younger today :) And I thought I had finally grown up !

04.02.07

Nishabdh

Posted in General at 12:41 am by prerona

It’s 1:30, Monday morning and instead of going to sleep, I have an inane movie running, with me blogging. Why ? Because I am an owl. Reminds me of a comic book I had read as a child, “Madaari Laal”. I’m too lazy to write about it right now. Let me get back to that pointless movie about the disturbed teenager and the old man who is seduced by her. Pathetic really, both the movie and me.